Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 155 123
Rank change year-on-year 0 -32 +57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 123 154 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.19% 1.66% 2.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.71% 3.86% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 70 95 121
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £45,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +32.35% -20.00%
75th Percentile £47,125 £75,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £54,250 £85,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £45,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% -9.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,313 3,989 3,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.94% 42.96% 39.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 1,804 1,955
10th Percentile £27,767 £35,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £53,260
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.65% +2.42%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +34 48 £26,150 - 25
Thames Valley +3 30 £35,000 +21.74% 88
Hampshire +4 25 £37,000 -30.25% 35
Buckinghamshire +9 12 £35,000 -36.36% 26
Oxfordshire +8 10 £28,500 +3.64% 12
Surrey -15 9 £31,500 -47.50% 29
Berkshire +5 8 £33,500 -24.17% 50
East Sussex +3 6 £29,000 -64.85% 12
West Sussex +7 5 £50,000 +63.93% 14
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.81%) Confluence
4 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (43.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (49.59%) AWS
2 51 (41.46%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (34.96%) Azure
4 9 (7.32%) GCP
4 9 (7.32%) GitHub
5 7 (5.69%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.69%) Power Automate
5 7 (5.69%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.88%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.63%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.63%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.63%) IaaS
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.81%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.81%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.26%) DNS
2 18 (14.63%) DHCP
3 15 (12.20%) Internet
4 14 (11.38%) Firewall
4 14 (11.38%) TCP/IP
5 9 (7.32%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (5.69%) VLAN
7 5 (4.07%) SAN
7 5 (4.07%) VPN
8 4 (3.25%) Intranet
8 4 (3.25%) VoIP
9 3 (2.44%) STUN
9 3 (2.44%) VoLTE
9 3 (2.44%) Wireshark
10 2 (1.63%) NAS
10 2 (1.63%) WAN
10 2 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.81%) LAN
11 1 (0.81%) PBX
11 1 (0.81%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.44%) Power BI
4 2 (1.63%) Metadata
4 2 (1.63%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (12.20%) JIRA
2 9 (7.32%) Git
General
1 77 (62.60%) Social Skills
2 42 (34.15%) French Language
3 40 (32.52%) Swedish Language
4 12 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.94%) Multimedia
6 10 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.32%) Telecoms
8 8 (6.50%) Legal
9 6 (4.88%) Manufacturing
10 5 (4.07%) Finance
11 3 (2.44%) Military
11 3 (2.44%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.81%) Automotive
12 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 44 (35.77%) Analyst
2 33 (26.83%) Service Analyst
2 33 (26.83%) Service Desk Analyst
3 22 (17.89%) IT Support
4 15 (12.20%) Senior
5 14 (11.38%) Support Engineer
6 13 (10.57%) IT Engineer
7 12 (9.76%) Lead
7 12 (9.76%) Service Desk Team Leader
7 12 (9.76%) Team Leader
8 11 (8.94%) Trainee
9 9 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (7.32%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (7.32%) Support Technician
10 8 (6.50%) Developer
10 8 (6.50%) Support Analyst
11 7 (5.69%) Trainee Developer
12 6 (4.88%) IT Support Technician
12 6 (4.88%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.20%) CSS
1 15 (12.20%) HTML
2 9 (7.32%) React
3 3 (2.44%) .NET
3 3 (2.44%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.44%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.44%) Node.js
4 2 (1.63%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (1.63%) Web Services
5 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.81%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.25%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.44%) N-Tier
4 3 (2.44%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.63%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.63%) PKI
5 2 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.81%) CMDB
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.81%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 35 (28.46%) Windows
2 14 (11.38%) Windows Server
3 11 (8.94%) Linux
4 6 (4.88%) Android
5 4 (3.25%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (38.21%) ITSM
2 43 (34.96%) ITIL
3 35 (28.46%) Customer Service
4 28 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (21.95%) Mentoring
6 24 (19.51%) Performance Metrics
7 17 (13.82%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (12.20%) Coaching
10 14 (11.38%) Service Management
11 12 (9.76%) Conflict Resolution
11 12 (9.76%) Knowledge Management
12 9 (7.32%) Business Continuity
13 7 (5.69%) Analytics
14 6 (4.88%) Project Delivery
15 5 (4.07%) Agile
15 5 (4.07%) Data Protection
15 5 (4.07%) DevOps
15 5 (4.07%) Incident Response
15 5 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.20%) JavaScript
2 14 (11.38%) Python
3 8 (6.50%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.50%) SQL
4 7 (5.69%) C#
5 4 (3.25%) R
6 2 (1.63%) Bash
6 2 (1.63%) C
Qualifications
1 64 (52.03%) MCSE
2 59 (47.97%) Degree
3 48 (39.02%) AWS Certification
4 21 (17.07%) A+ Certification
5 20 (16.26%) Azure Certification
6 15 (12.20%) MCP
7 11 (8.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 10 (8.13%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (8.13%) Security Cleared
9 9 (7.32%) SC Cleared
10 8 (6.50%) MCSA
11 7 (5.69%) CCNA
12 6 (4.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (3.25%) DBS Check
14 4 (3.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
15 3 (2.44%) CCNP
15 3 (2.44%) CISSP
15 3 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (21.14%) QA
2 3 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.81%) NIST
3 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (30.89%) Active Directory
2 19 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.07%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.25%) Firmware
5 2 (1.63%) Docker
5 2 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.63%) vSphere
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.44%) QRadar
2 3 (2.44%) WSUS
3 2 (1.63%) Ansible
3 2 (1.63%) Nessus
3 2 (1.63%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (1.63%) SCCM
3 2 (1.63%) Terraform
4 1 (0.81%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.81%) Podman
4 1 (0.81%) SCOM
4 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 116 (94.31%) Microsoft
2 33 (26.83%) ServiceNow
3 24 (19.51%) VMware
4 9 (7.32%) Google
5 7 (5.69%) Cisco
6 5 (4.07%) Apple
7 4 (3.25%) Aruba
7 4 (3.25%) HP
7 4 (3.25%) Sage
8 3 (2.44%) Citrix
8 3 (2.44%) Dell
8 3 (2.44%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.44%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.63%) Mitel
9 2 (1.63%) Oracle
9 2 (1.63%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.63%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.81%) Databricks
10 1 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
10 1 (0.81%) Thales